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National Collaboration For Youth Sign-On Letter to Congress Regarding Funding For Youth in the Economic Recovery Package - December 18, 2008
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This sign-on letter created by the National Collaboration for Youth in partnership with its member organizations urges members of Congress to include in the economic recovery package $2 billion in funding for youth workforce development and training programs including year round employment and training opportunities, summer jobs and work experience, $500 million in funding for afterschool and out-of-school programs, including mentoring, and $200 million in funding for community based organizations serving low-income at-risk and disconnected youth. December 19, 2008 |
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Sample Letter for Members Regarding Including Youth Employment Funding in the Economic Recovery Package - December 2008
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This is a sample letter for members to guide in creating their own letters to send to lawmakers advocating for $2 billion in funding for youth employment programs in the economic recovery package. December 19, 2008 |
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Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Equal Opportunity in America's Clean Energy Economy - Dec. 2008
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Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Equal Opportunity in America's Clean Energy Economy. This report details a proposal for a national Clean Energy Corps (CEC). The CEC will be a combined service, training, and job creation effort to combat global warming, grow local nd regional economies and demonstrate the equity and employment promise of the clean energy economy. December 2008 |
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The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Economic Impact of Recession Induced Child Poverty - December 2008
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"The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Economic Impact of Recession Induced Child Poverty", Michael Linden, Senior Director of Tax & Budget Policy, First Focus. The United States is now a year into what many predict will be a very serious recession. Economic turbulence of this type is likely to have far-ranging consequences that are not limited to the immediate future. Recent estimates are that, as a result of the economic downturn, an additional 2.6 to 3.3 million children will fall into poverty. Allowing these children to fall into poverty will prove to be a significant long-term drag on the U.S. economy. In fact, an addition of 3 million children to the ranks of the poor, would mean an overall economic loss of at least $1.7 trillion over the lifetime of these children. That amounts to a yearly loss of about 0.27% of GDP, or $35 billion dollars per year. - December 12, 2008
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Stimulus Letter to House and Senate Leadership - December 2008
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This NYEC letter requests that Senate and House leadership include $2 billion for youth employment and training in any new stimulus considered in 2009. December 15, 2009 |
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Evaluating Federal Gang Bills: Analysis from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency - December 2008
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The National Council on Crime and Delinquency compares the Gang Abatement Act (Feinstein/Schiff) to the Youth PROMISE Act (Scott), focusing on what research tells us about effective methods of reducing gang violence. - December 3, 2008
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Youth Entrepreneurship Education In America: A Policymaker's Guide - November 2008
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To date, youth Entrepreneurship Education programs are in place in some communities, but most American youths have little or no access to such training. We believe that local, state, and federal policymakers must remedy this situation by making a major commitment to expanding the availabilityof youth Entrepreneurship Education. The goal of the Aspen Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group is to ensure that each graduate from a high school that serves in a low-income community has educational opportunities to explore his or her entrepreneurial potential. - November 2008
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NCEE Stimulus Sign-on Letter - November 2008
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This national sign-on letter organized by the National Center on Education and the Economy recommends that Congress include $1.5 billion in workforce funding, of which $500 million would be funding for disadvantaged youth, in any new stimulus package they consider. |
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NYEC Testimony for October 24 Education and Labor Committee Hearing "Building an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving Jobs in America" - Sept. 2008
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Testimony submitted by NYEC for the October 24 Education and Labor Committee Hearing "Building an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving Jobs in America" - Sept. 23, 2008 |
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Financing Education Options for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth in Michigan: Report and Recommendations for State Policy (2008)
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This report is the result of a study of existing education finance policy and programming in the state of Michigan. Research was conducted in the spring and summer of 2008 by the NYEC with funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In focusing on how Michigan state policies affect the financing of education options, NYEC seeks to enable and encourage Michigan and its communities to develop policies that facilitate the creation of viable education options and multiple pathways to a high school diploma for struggling students at risk of dropping out and for those who have already left school. The report offers specific recommendations for improving the policy climate for the expansion of education options, describing policies and initiatives in other states that Michigan might consider. |
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